As the newest RPG from HoYoverse, Honkai: Star Rail _ has a few terms and systems that might not be clear to players who haven't been following the game's pre-release advertising. Much like the terminology of the developer's previous games, such as _Genshin Impact or Honkai Impact 3rd , terms that get thrown around in the game's story might not be explained all too well in the game itself, either, an issue that can be made worse when the terms have actual gameplay implicati
As a Physical Abundance character, Natasha is the only free character capable of healing other party members during combat. As such, she has an invaluable niche that none of Star Rail 's other free characters can fulfill, and can be a near mandatory option for some of the game's harder fights, depending on the strength of a player's other characters. While strictly unimpressive offensively, Natasha's healing can be crucial in turning around desperate, low-health situations against strong enemies - especially considering her Talent, Innervation, which massively boosts any healing she gives to low-health targets, and her ultimate, which is a full-party h
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Similarly to past HoYoverse games, Honkai: Star Rail 's world has its own slang , much of which can be helpful to know for players wanting to dive deeper into the game's story and lore. This can especially be the case for Star Rail , given its somewhat confusing status as a sort of semi-sequel to Honkai Impact 3rd , taking place in an alternate universe and Amphoreus Storyline serving as something of an offshoot to the previous game. Moreover, given the game's status as a turn-based RPG, ditching the more action-focused combat of HoYoverse games, the story could very well be taking a more prominent role - especially with Star Rail taking a more structured approach than the open-world Genshin Impa
Each Break inflicted adds to a stack on Himeko, and when that reaches three Himeko will follow up with an AoE attack after another character performs an attack. This follow-up attack does a lot of damage and has a nice modifier on it, but you need to inflict a break to benefit from
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Similar to Herta, Qinque is an Erudition character using the Quantum element, and can be claimed for free after clearing Memory Stage 3 in the Forgotten Hall - meaning that she won't be available for players through most of the currently available story unless pulled. While her Quantum element gives her a solid niche among Star Rail 's free characters, most of her tools revolve around a heavily chance-based mini-game, making her inconsistent in combat, and, like Herta, lacking in comparison to other damage dealers, especially with a slow-to-charge ultimate and the skill point hungry nature of her tile matching mini-g
Aeons in Honkai: Star Rail are largely similar to something like Genshin Impact 's Archons, or gods in other fantasy media, as they are powerful beings associated with certain aspects of the game's world. Like Genshin 's Archons, the Aeons of Star Rail are associated with and worshiped by certain civilizations, with individual Stellaron also bearing associations with certain Aeons. Among the eighteen currently known Aeons, Nanook is particularly noteworthy - being the creator of the Stellaron and representative of destruction, he has seemingly been set up as one of the game's major overarching antagonists, similar to the Cryo Archon in Genshin Impa
As the final free Erudition character, Serval's Lightning element and potent attacking skills manage to set her apart as a good general option - which is especially good because she can be claimed for free early in the game as part of Star Rail 's pre-registration campaign. Being the only Lightning attacker out of the free characters already gives Serval a solid niche, but her skills also leave potent lightning DoTs on enemies that are effective at racking up residual damage, further supported by her ultimate and basic attacks. As a slight downside, however, her skill can only target three enemies, meaning her damage can suffer in fights with larger gro
